All but 4 more to go, I said to
Smriti as I placed a domino carefully down.

Smriti and I are working to gain
world record for the m...

All but 4 more to go, I said to Smriti as I placed a domino carefully down.

Smriti and I are working to gain world record for the most dominoes tumbled by kids under 13. The current record is 6482 and we are aiming for 6490 dominoes out of which so far were up to 6486.

Smriti placed the next two dominoes, and then I put another one down.

Just one more to go, Smriti said excitedly. Shall I finish it off?

I just rolled my eyes as we had already discussed this. I get to place the last domino and you get to put in the last domino we secured as the safety break. Every hundredth domino was put aside just in case the dominos topple; only a hundred of them would topple. Almost finished, I stood hind and beamed proudly at all our hard work.

Smriti and I were really careful and started working in silence as we began to put in the dominoes at the safety breaks. As we were about to put in the last safety break I bawled at the top of my lungs for everyone downstairs to come up and witness us breaking the record. Dad had asserted on inviting all our friends over for dinner so as for them to not miss the fun.

All and sundry climbed up the ladder to the attic one by one, and not so long we had a big crowd in front of us. The room beheld a pin drop silence as Smriti slowly went ahead to put in the world record-breaking domino in place.

Just as Smriti was about to place the final domino, a cockroach scurried in front of her. Smriti, who always had a constant fear of crawlies screeched and shot back in terror, which in turn knocked down the domino backward!

I looked at the whole happening in horror as all the dominoes fell apart from the last hundred. As the last domino fell each person started applauding and cheering. I was in a dilemma whether to cry or smile. It did look amazing watching the dominos fall. Even though we couldnt break the world record, we did indeed create a domino effect!